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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Saturday Sentences - Forgiveness of a Child

Mothers have tiring jobs... I know. I'm more exhausted at naptime that the kids are most days:) But what makes a mother's job harder is the emotional strains... grumpy kids, loads of laundry, long "to do" list....etc

Friday was a tough day with NO releif insight. For some reason my oldest woke up with a sassy and fussy "attitude". She fussed through chores, cried through memory work, whined through school work, and fussed more when I gently corrected her. Finally I broke and corrected her with a harsh word and sent her to her room for her to "cool off".

While she needed cool-off time so did I. I didn'y say anything mean to her, but my tone of voice was harsh.

Totally CONVICTED!!! I mean our memory verse this week is A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger (Provs 15:1)...yes, I just wrote it from memory but I have a pirate voice for the last part and the visual of all my kids "stirring a pot"...

At naptime, I had the chance to ask Anna to forgive me for "using a mean voice" when she was fussing because I knew that I was NOT being loving when I was mean.

Anna hugged my neck, holding me close she said, "MOmmy, I forgive you for being mean."

I said," Thank you, Anna."

She continued, "Mommy, I forgive you because I love you and I know that you love me. When you use a mean voice I still know that you love me."

Ah, there's nothing like being a Mommy. And nothing like having a child's genuine love.

What have your children taught you about forgiveness, love or what "being a Mommy" is???

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Anna is 12 and is the best big sister around!! She works hard in home school enjoying math, science and history! During play she likes being Lydia and Chris' teacher as well as practicing the piano, working with horses and her bunny, Mr Darcy, and

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